Ethanol Production: Not Just a Corn Thing

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Ethanol Production: Not Just a Corn Thing

June 14th, 2008 · No Comments

When thinking of ethanol, often the first association that comes to mind in terms of raw production is corn. However, it turns out that a wide variety of organic materials can, if properly treated, provide the source material required to produce a complete biofuel.
Believe it or not, it is the starch that is sought […]

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Tags: alternative energy · environment · fuels · eco friendly · ethanol · transportation · Biofuel · Renewable energy · Food

For the ‘Almost Vegetarians’

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: environment · global warming · Carbon emissions · Food · Environmental cost of meat · Carbon footprint

The culture of waste

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments

A research published by a British organization called WRAP, which works towards reducing waste and increasing recycling, has come up with tragic information about consumption in the UK. The study of 2,138 households found that people are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales.
WRAP found that salad, fruit […]

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Tags: environment · Food

Phosphate? How does this fit in?

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Phosphate is used as fertilizer. And it comes from the ground.
As fertilizer prices increase and as the areas that mine phosphate become less productive, this could trigger even larger increases in ethanol prices and in food prices. And with increases in food prices, more people worldwide will not be able to […]

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Tags: alternative energy · ethanol · Food

The environmental cost of meat II

March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Green and animal rights issues have lately come closer as more and more organizations wake up to the huge damage that factory farming does to the planet (see our previous blog on this. For facts and figures, click here). One example of this trend is that the environmental section of the UK Guardian is inviting […]

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Tags: global warming · lifestyle · Sustainable Development · Food · Environmental cost of meat